📰 5 sources 7 articles · 10 Nov 2026, 00:45 → 3 days ago

Lebanese-Iraqi understandings to facilitate Lebanese exports to Iraq via Syria and Jordan

The head of the Iraqi Border Crossings Authority, Omar Adnan al-Waeli, discussed with Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Amer Bisat a proposal to organize the entry of Lebanese goods into Iraq in Lebanese trucks via the Al-Qaim crossing with Syria and Trebil with Jordan and to activate the transit system. Bisat later announced from Baghdad urgent measures to address export obstacles, while the head of land transport unions, Bassam Talis, welcomed the understandings and called for their implementation, and the head of the National Union of Lebanese Farmers, Ibrahim al-Tarshishi, announced that Lebanese grapes were allowed to be imported into Iraq.

📍 Where things stand: Minister Amer Bisat announced from Baghdad urgent measures including return-trip loading and notifying Lebanon one month before any Iraqi protectionist measures, while implementation mechanisms remain a demand from the land transport sector.

⏱️ Timeline

10 Nov 2026, 00:45 The head of the Iraqi Border Crossings Authority, Omar Adnan al-Waeli, discussed with Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Amer Bisat and his accompanying delegation a proposal to organize the entry of Lebanese goods into Iraq in Lebanese trucks via the Al-Qaim crossing with Syria and Trebil with Jordan, and to activate the transit system to reduce shipping costs and shorten transport time, without announcing that an agreement had been reached.
10 Nov 2026, 09:45 Media reports addressed Lebanese-Iraqi understandings that open the door to facilities, amid a demand by the head of land transport unions, Bassam Talis, for a decisive step guaranteeing the implementation on the ground of the anticipated breakthrough in the land transport sector.
10 Nov 2026, 10:00 The head of unions and syndicates of the land transport sector in Lebanon, Bassam Talis, praised the understandings announced by Minister of Economy and Trade Amer al-Bassat with the head of the Iraqi Border Crossings Authority, Lt. Gen. Omar al-Waeli, to address obstacles to Lebanese exports to Iraq, welcomed the facilities related to return loads, transit, organizing export transport and fuel supply, and called for a near meeting to discuss implementation mechanisms.
10 Nov 2026, 14:59 Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Amer al-Bassat announced from Baghdad, after his meeting with the head of the Iraqi Border Crossings Authority, Lt. Gen. Dr. Omar al-Waeli, facilities for Lebanese exports and trucks, saying that urgent measures had been agreed to address obstacles to export to Iraq, including allowing Lebanese trucks to load on the return trip on condition that their final destination is Lebanon, notifying the Lebanese side at least one month before any Iraqi protectionist measures, and organizing export transport mechanisms.
10 Nov 2026, 20:28 The head of the National Union of Lebanese Farmers, Ibrahim al-Tarshishi, thanked Minister of Economy Amer al-Bassat for his efforts during his recent visit to Iraq, which led to allowing the import of Lebanese grapes starting today, praised Iraq's supportive stance toward Lebanon, and called on Lebanese officials to intervene with the Syrian side to keep disputes away from export and import movement via the transit line.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

Anadolu Ajansı focused on the details of the Waeli-Bisat meeting and the Al-Qaim and Trebil routes, noting that no agreement was announced, while the Lebanese outlets focused on the understandings and the demand for implementation, and MTV Lebanon alone presented the details of the urgent measures announced by Bisat from Baghdad and the decision to allow the import of Lebanese grapes.

Anadolu Ajansı It led with the meeting between the head of the Border Crossings Authority, Omar Adnan al-Waeli, and Minister Amer Bisat, presented the Al-Qaim route with Syria and the Trebil route with Jordan and activating transit, and noted that no agreement had been announced.
lebanon debate It limited itself to reporting Lebanese-Iraqi understandings opening the door to facilities and Bassam Talis's demand that they be implemented, without details on the nature of the understandings or the parties that concluded them.
Lebanon ON It focused on an anticipated breakthrough in the land transport sector and Bassam Talis's demand for a decisive step guaranteeing implementation, without further details on the nature of the step or the party being asked.
MTV Lebanon It covered the file through successive reports: it relayed Bassam Talis's praise of the understandings and the facilities related to return loads, transit and fuel, then published the details of the urgent measures announced by Minister Amer Bisat from Baghdad, and finally the thanks of the head of the National Union of Lebanese Farmers, Ibrahim al-Tarshishi, and the permission to import Lebanese grapes.
LBCI Lebanon It presented a brief report on facilities announced by Baghdad for Lebanese exports and trucks, linked to the movement of Lebanese exports toward Iraq, without setting out the details of those facilities.